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About the Faculty

BOC instructors are all personally experienced in facilities maintenance and operation as well as being excellent teachers. They have employment experience in the facility specialty they are teaching, plus an average of 10 years of instruction experience in the workplace. All BOC instructors are evaluated by the students and each continues to be ranked "very good to excellent."

Read more about them below.

Terry M. Brennan is a building scientist and educator with Camroden Associates, Inc. He is on the editorial boards of Environmental Building News and Heating Piping and Air Conditioning Magazine. Recent work includes consulting on a research project to restore three homes in the Seventh Ward of New Orleans after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, teaching healthy houing courses for the National Center for Healthy Housing and working on a research project to study unplanned airflows in commercial buildings in New York State. He is a member of ASHRAE 62.2 Ventilation and Air Quality Committee and served as consultant to the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Dampness and Health in Buildings. He holds a Bachelors degree in Physics and a Masters degree in Environmental Studies.

Michael Collotti is currently the principal of Lighthouse Consulting LLC, a direct install company specializing in lighting energy conservation. His 40 years of experience in the lighting field include working at Sylvania Lighting were he held a verity of positions. As an HID product manager while at Sylvania he directed the development of the HID family of lamps. Mike was the GM of Sylvania Caribbean operations and later VP/GM of Sylvania Lighting Services which provided turn key lighting solutions for national accounts.

Carlos Montanez is the Associate Director of Maintenance & Utilities for Phillips Andover Academy. He oversees approximately 167 buildings totaling 1.9 million square feet and serves as the chief engineer for the school’s central heating and electric power plant. He has over 30 years of power generation, utility distribution and mechanical systems experience. Carlos also provides engineering consultation services for the private sector and teaches Stationary Engineering preparation courses for Commonwealth of Massachusetts licensure and Continuing Education. Carlos has a Master’s of Science degree in Facility Management, Bachelors of Science in Marine Engineering, holds a Chief Engineers license in the U.S. Merchant Marine, First Class Stationary Engineer, Certified Energy Manager, Certified Plant Engineer, in addition to several other State licenses and certifications.

Alan Mulak, PE, is a licensed professional engineer with 32 years experience in the energy management field. Starting out as a test engineer on nuclear submarines, Alan spent 10 years working on power plant construction, overhaul, and maintenance. Since 1982 to 1999, he worked on a variety of energy management and conservation projects for utilities, private owners/investors, and public municipalities. From 1999 to 2004, Alan worked as a Program Manager for Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, focused upon improving operation and maintenance of commercial and industrial facilities through the Building Operator Certification Program. Currently, Mr. Mulak enjoys associations with 7 local energy service companies and utilities, performing a wide variety of energy related services.

Michael Petit holds a Journeyman license and is an electrical contractor with 34 years experience. He holds professional licenses in the states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. Mike has been an adjunct instructor with NEIT in the Electrical Technology program since 2006 were he has covered topics such as electro-mechanical and electronic industrial controls. During the winter of 2006-2007, Mike participated in a photovoltaic course, both as a trainee and a trainer. Currently, Mr. Petit runs a State of RI qualified apprenticeship program through his company, The Grid Corporation.

William Turner, M.S., P.E., is the President and CEO of Turner Building Science, LLC. Mr. Turner has 20 years of experience in the development and implementation of indoor air quality/HVAC evaluation and mechanical engineering HVAC/building science diagnostic programs in school, commercial, health care, laboratory, residential, and industrial settings. Experience includes: HVAC performance evaluation, occupant complaint evaluation, air monitoring data collection, building science evaluations, quality assurance, technical report preparation, and specific recommendations for corrective action. Mr. Turner is very active with professional societies, including serving on the National Technical Indoor Air Quality Advisory Boards for the American Lung Association (ALA), the Research Subcommittee of the Environmental Health Committee of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), and service on USEPA Advisory Boards including Chairman of Diagnostic and Mitigation Subcommittee for the USEPA B.A.S.E. Study and Science Advisory Board. Mr. Turner was a principal author of the USEPA Indoor Air Division sponsored "Building Air Quality Guide", "Orientation to Indoor Air Quality Training Course", and recently available "Hands On Diagnostic Course".

Richard R. Vaillencourt, PE, is the principal of Canterbury Engineering Associates, a firm providing energy engineering services. Richard has degrees in both mechanical and electrical engineering combined with twenty years of practical experience in electrical construction, as a plant engineer (industrial), as a corporate energy manager (industrial), and working for several ESCOs before becoming an independent energy engineer. Richard has presented several papers at the World Energy Engineering Congress over the years and has authored a book: Simple Solutions to Energy Calculations which is in its third edition.

 

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